Americas
The finals were completed in Uruguay this week as Malvin faced elimination and they tied the series at home on Wednesday. Defensor Sporting tried to recover on Saturday at home in the deciding game, but fell behind early and just could not catch up with Malvin in the second half.
The second half of the round-robin started in El Salvador this week, beginning with San Salvador defeating Salvadorenas on Tuesday. Santa Ana had an easy win on Wednesday as Maria Montero dished out 15 assists in their win over Capitalinas. Ahuachapan’s close loss trend continued on Thursday as Emer Nichols had 22 rebounds, but Yenifer Jimenez scored 34 points for Monsenor Romero in the win. San Salvador defeated Santa Ana on Saturday. Nichols had 20 rebounds in Ahuachapan’s loss on Sunday as Dairis Tornell recorded 12 steals for Santa Tecla. They completed a back-to-back on Monday with a win over Capitalinas.
The week in Puerto Rico started with a narrow Santurce win over Carolina on Tuesday. There were two games on Wednesday as Moca defeated Caguas and Isabella’s comeback helped them edge Hatillo. Carolina had a narrow win over Manati on Thursday while Santurce cruised past Fajardo. On Friday, Isabela defeated Juana Diaz while Honesty Scott-Grayson had 32 points, but Hatillo lost to Caguas. Carolina edged Fajardo on Saturday and then Shae Kelley had 32 points in a Santurce loss to Manati. There were three games on Sunday as Caguas defeated Hatillo and Juana Diaz got a win over Moca in overtime. Nina De Leon recorded a 14 point, 16 rebound, 6 assist triple-double in Isabela’s win over Ponce.
New Zealand
The season started on Friday and the competition continued to have the same format with a 16 minute game featuring the bench players for both teams being followed by the regular 40 minute game. The Kahu won that first reserve game, but it was a totally different result in the main game when the Whai rolled to a win. The Pouakai won the reserve game first on Saturday and then prevailed over the Hoiho in a shootout in the main game after Mikayla Vaughn and McKenna Dale each had 30 points. The Queens are waiting for their WNBA players as they lost both games to the Kahu on Sunday.
Europe
The first trophy was awarded in Iceland on Friday when Njardvik defeated Keflavik in the opening cup competition. Luxol defeated Hibernians in Malta’s Super Cup on Sunday. Benfica had a surprisingly easy win over GDESSA Barreiro in Portugal’s Supercup on Sunday. More top divisions in Europe started play this weekend, including Belgium, Czechia, Israel, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Serbia. Both the first and second divisions in the Adriatic also began play. Ajla Meskic had 24 rebounds in Austria’s opening weekend. Play continued in Luxembourg as Desiree Ramos had 31 points and Marah Dykstra had 33 points. Lower leagues also began play as Chloe Mace had 33 points in a loss in France’s second division. Maja Manten had 30 points and 20 rebounds to start play in Germany’s second division.
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